Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE) PEG Ratio At 2.46

Market experts’ mean price target is at $59.50 for Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE) stock. First Call has set EPS estimate of $0.49 for next quarter and $2.40 for this year.

Technical View

The technical appraisal of Astec Industries, Inc. identifies that the 50-day MA of Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE) stock is $58.16, and is trading $0.73 points away or +1.26% from 50-day moving average of $58.16. It is trading $4.32 or +7.91% off 200-day MA of $54.57. MA should be denoted as moving average.

The 52-week high of Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE) was $62.75 while $30.76 is the low in the same period. Astec Industries, Inc. share price need to increase over $-3.86 to register 52-week high or nosedive +91.45% for hitting 52-week low.

Technical study is a trading tool used to assess securities and attempt to estimate their future movement by analysing statistics collected from trading activity, like volume and price movement. Unlike fundamental experts who attempt to assess a security’s intrinsic value, technical experts focus on price movement recorded on charts and numerous analytical tools to assess a security’s weakness or strength and estimate future price changes.

Technical analysts believe past trading activity and price changes of a security are better indicators of the security’s likely future price movements than the intrinsic value of the security. Technical analysis was shaped out of basic concepts garnered from Dow Theory, a philosophy about trading market activities that originated from the initial literatures of Charles Dow. Two simple assumptions of popular Dow Theory that trigger all of technical study are market discounts every element that may impact a security’s price and secondly market price movements are in identifiable trends and patterns that repeat over time.

Astec Industries, Inc. (NASDAQ:ASTE) P/E ratio is 32.54 while PEG ratio is at 2.46. Astec Industries, Inc. stock recorded a close of $58.89 in last trading session, which gets it market cap to $1.36B.

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